tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2551316030266117621.post5888263101394095512..comments2017-08-10T06:56:22.104-05:00Comments on Official Harlan Tytus Beverly Blog: Engineers don't have a clue what Marketers do... but would be better than Marketers at it.Harlan Tytus Beverlyhttps://plus.google.com/102529684632075066193noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2551316030266117621.post-62444902033451151322009-08-31T09:27:30.175-05:002009-08-31T09:27:30.175-05:00Disagreement breeds good discussion. Obviously, a...Disagreement breeds good discussion. Obviously, any time I make wide-sweeping Stereotyping comments, its meant to engage this kind of discussion/debate, I love it!<br /><br />Given there are exceptions, finding what you call &quot;good&quot; marketers is very, very hard. I think many Engineers SHOULD switch to marketing and sales at some point: its the whole point of this blog actually. The reason is that they have analytical skills that are just typically lacking in Marketing Graduates. (For example, Statistical Analysis, Formal Problem Solving, Mathematical Modeling, and Hunger for Knowledge/Learning).<br /><br />One last note: it is a crying shame if Marketers are making more than Engineers in any company. Its not been my experience at Intel, Bigfoot, or Britestreams. (VPs not included).Harlan 'Tytus' Beverlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08004493835199297259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2551316030266117621.post-51171175081342198442009-08-29T20:51:49.278-05:002009-08-29T20:51:49.278-05:00I hope you&#39;re OK with me disagreeing with your...I hope you&#39;re OK with me disagreeing with your entire premise here :)<br /><br />You say engineers can craft unbiased surveys.. &quot;marketers&quot; can&#39;t?<br /><br />Engineers are &quot;less fake&quot; than marketers?<br /><br />Marketers can&#39;t empathize with customer needs?<br /><br />Marketers FAIL TO DELIVER RESULTS IN ANY MEANINGFUL WAY?!?!<br /><br />C&#39;mon now, Harlan! You&#39;re comparing BAD marketers with GOOD engineers, but I don&#39;t think that&#39;s useful at ALL. (Might be realistic in certain situations, but that&#39;s by no means the ideal). If that&#39;s your team, tell them to hit the road!<br /><br />Let me throw this out there too: You say Engineers would be better than marketers at [whatever marketers do]. I say, if you are &quot;better than marketers&quot; at marketing, you&#39;d best change fields, because sales and marketing is the function of a company that has the most impact on the bottom line, making them the most valuable and highest paid. That&#39;s a fact -- top level sales and marketing people will always get paid more than engineers, especially TECHNICAL sales and marketing people!Ed Bordenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06440355599412162718noreply@blogger.com